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课件网) Unit4 I used to be afraid of the dark. Period 2 Section A (3a-3c) 课文导入 Are you a shy person Do you want to change Today, let’s read the story about Candy Wang and find out how she changed from a shy girl to a pop star. 课文呈现 3a. Read the article and identify the paragraphs [1—3] in which the information appears. _____ how Candy’s life has changed _____ Candy’s advice to young people _____ Candy’s background 2 3 1 课文呈现 From Shy Girl to Pop Star For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19 -year- old Asian pop star Candy Wang. ① Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness. ② As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school. ③ Now she’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds. ④ 课文呈现 I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explained that there are many good things, like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. “I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go. ⑤” However, too much attention can also be a bad thing. “I always have to worry about how I appear to others, and I have to be very careful about what I say or do. ⑥ And I don’t have much private time anymore. ⑦ Hanging out with friends is almost impossible for me now because there are always guards around me. ⑧” 动名词短语作主语， 谓语动词用单数形式 课文呈现 What does Candy have to say to all those young people who want to become famous “Well,” she begins slowly, “you have to be prepared to give up your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is. Many times I thought about giving up, but I fought on. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. ⑨ Only a very small number of people make it to the top. ⑩ ” 遇到困难，不要轻易放弃。 课文呈现 3b. Read the article again and complete the sentences about Candy. 1．She used to be shy, but now she’s not shy _____. 2．She didn’t use to be _____ in school, but now she gets lots of attention. 3．She used to _____ with friends, but it is almost impossible now. 4．She didn’t use to _____ how she appears to others，but now she does. anymore popular hang out worry about 课文呈现 3c. Suppose you are the interviewer and your partner is Candy. Ask and answer questions. 考点精讲 ①For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang. (1) interview /‘ nt (r)vju / v. 采访；面试 n. 面试；访谈 interview 的常见用法： (1) interview sb. 采访某人 e.g. As a reporter, he often interviews all kinds of people. 作为记者，他经常采访各种各样的人。 (2) interview sb. about sth. 就某事采访某人 e.g. Our teacher asked us to interview people about their jobs. 老师让我们就工作问题对人们进行采访。 考点精讲 拓展：interview 作名词时，意为“面试；访谈。” e.g. He came over well in the interview. 他在面试中给人 ... ...
